Tio Hardiman
Executive Director of Violence Interrupters, NFP
Tio Hardiman, Executive Director for Violence Interrupters, NFP, has dedicated his life and career to community organizing for peace and social change. In 1999, Mr. Hardiman joined CeaseFire, an award-winning public health model that has been scientifically proven to reduce shootings and killings. In 2004, Tio created the Violence Interrupters Initiative.
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Tio's Work to End Pitbull Dog Fighting Across the United States
One of the most barbaric forms of animal cruelty has an underbelly which for years has remained literally hidden in darkness: “Trunking” is dog fighting’s ugly secret.
Tio Hardiman knows what it’s like. He grew up in the projects on the West side of Chicago and helped set up the End Dogfighting program about five years ago. He says a lot of young guys who came to the early trainings didn’t have proper leashes and food, and didn’t know how to really deal with their dogs.Read More
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Violence Interrupters, INC is a data-driven, violence reduction, research-based initiative. The Violence Interrupters Model relies on five components that work together to anticipate and interrupt the transmission of high risk events and change the social norms and behaviors that perpetuate violence.
